plunk
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hollow twanging sound
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
- plunk derivation
Sense 2 verb
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adverb
with a short hollow thud
plop came the ball down to the corner of the green
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 4 noun
(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
Types & categories
- hitting hypernym
Related & opposite
- baseball domain topic
Sense 5 verb
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
He planked the money on the table
Types & categories
- put down hypernym
Related & opposite
- plonk derivation
Sense 6 verb
drop steeply
the stock market plunged
Types & categories
- come down hypernym
- power-dive hyponym
- nosedive hyponym
- duck hyponym
- crash-dive hyponym
- chute hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
he plucked the strings of his mandolin
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plunk |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plunk |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thump |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hitting |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | plonk |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | put down |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | plunge |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | dump |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | come down |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | power-dive |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | nosedive |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | duck |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | crash-dive |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | chute |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | pluck |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | plectrum |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | pull |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | twang |